Screening and Risk Factors Tutorial
- Learning about this Table
- Creating a Screening and Risk Factors Table
- Sorting the Data on the Table
- Modifying the Table
- Copying a Screening and Risk Factors Table into another Program
- Exporting Data from the Table
- Interpreting the Table
- Printing the Table
Learning about this Table
If you would like to read about this table, what it contains, and where the data comes from, click on the About this Table link to the right of the selections.
Creating a Screening and Risk Factors Table
To create a Screening and Risk Factors Table, follow the steps below…
- Select the data you want to display in the drop down boxes at the top window.
- After you've made all of the selections you want, click on the Generate Table button located under the drop down lists. The new Table containing the data you just selected will appear below the data selection boxes.
Sorting the data on the Table
You can sort the data on a Screening and Risk Factors table by State name or percent. To sort by one of these columns, click on the white button with the triangle on it under the column name. To sort a column in reverse order, click on the button a second time.
- Place your cursor at the top of the table before the beginning of the table title.
- Hold down the right mouse button and drag the mouse until the entire table is highlighted. Be careful not to go past the end of the table or the entire page will be highlighted.
- Press Ctrl-C or release the right mouse button, point to part of the highlighted data, click the right mouse button, and select Copy from the pop-up menu.
- Open the destination application (e.g., MS Word) and place your cursor where you want to paste the table.
- Select Paste from the File menu, press Ctrl-V, or right click and select Paste from the pop-up menu.
Note: The column that the table is currently sorted by is indicated by a light blue background on the column and a black triangle the sort button.
Modifying the Table
You modify a Screening and Risk Factors Table by creating a new Table. Following the procedures under Creating a Screening and Risk Factors Table.
Copying a Screening and Risk Factors Table into another Program
Use the following procedure to put a copy of the Screening and Risk Factors Table into another program…
- Put your cursor near the top of the table to the left of the title.
- Hold the left mouse button down and drag the mouse to the bottom of the table. Be care not to go too far or the entire page will be selected.
- Release the left mouse button, point to part of the highlighted area, and click with the right mouse button.
- Select Copy from the pop-up menu.
- Open the destination program (e.g., PowerPoint, Word, Word Perfect).
- Select Paste from the File menu, press Ctrl-V, or right click and select Paste from the pop-up menu.
Exporting Data from the Table
To export the data on a table to be used in Excel, SAS, or another program, click on the Export Data button located to the right of the table and follow the instructions on screen.
Interpreting the Table
A text description has been provided to assist in understanding the Screening and Risk Factors Table. Use the following procedure to access this text description.
- Click on the Interpret link located to the left of the Table.
- The text description will appear in a new browser window.
Printing the Table
If you select Print within your browser or press the print button, the printed result will be just the table, graph or map without the selection controls on the page.